For me it was that time he paid a quarter million dollars to have a woman shut up about being offered a horse in exchange for sex while exposing himself
Remember too that this is when he had to make a hard turn towards the American right wing, since it's a well-known safe haven for the morally bankrupt, so long as you say the magic incantations about DEI and wokeism being evil etc.
He tried to frontrun the sexual harassment allegations by framing it as a red vs blue issue, making his own sexual impropriety somehow everyone else's political problem.
Just to make explicit how transparent this was, since apparently some HN'ers were taken in by the plainest con ever.
20 years of vague left-alignment just happened to be reversed within hours of being notified of an article about sexual misconduct. Remarkable coincidence!
From 2002 until 2022: Elon Musk is largely apolitical, vaguely left-aligned, having donated to Hillary's campaign and claiming to have voted for her, but donated to Tesla/SpaceX/tech-friendly politicians across the spectrum
May 18 2022 @ 9am ET: Elon Musk is contacted by Business Insider to comment about their story on sexual harassment + coverup allegations against him at SpaceX [0]
May 18 2022 @ 12:22pm ET: Elon Musk tweets "Political attacks on me will escalate dramatically in coming months" [1]
May 18 2022 @ 2:44pm ET: Elon Musk tweets "But they have become the party of division & hate, so I can no longer support them and will vote Republican. Now, watch their dirty tricks campaign against me unfold." [2]
May 19 2022 @ 6:17pm ET: Business Insider "A SpaceX flight attendant said Elon Musk exposed himself and propositioned her for sex, documents show. The company paid $250,000 for her silence." [3]
